For years, Belgium's economic priorities were dominated by the need to cut its debt and budget deficit to qualify for monetary union. Now there is a new goal - getting more people into work. Rudy Demotte, the minister for the economy and scientific research, recently outlined the rationale in a speech to Belgian employers....more

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